More has been invested in AI research in the last 5 years than in the
preceding 20 years - and more progress has been made in the last 5 years
than in the preceding 20 years.

The result has been an explosion of AI-based capabilities which are now
being deployed within the enterprise and as part of services which are
being provided to consumers.

The commercial value that will be unlocked by the mass scale deployment
of artificial intelligence will in the long run be at least as big as
the entire Internet economy today, which represents about 7% of global
GDP.

There is little doubt that AI represents the next major wave' of
disruption which is headed not only for the digital economy - but the
whole economy, and no company can risk being left behind.